Built in 1931, it didn’t take long for the Fox Theatre in Westwood to become a prominent fixture on the movie-going landscape of Los Angeles as one of the preferred places where Hollywood studios liked to hold their splashy premieres. But looking at this photo from 1933, it seems more of a gamble to open an upscale theater at that time in that place. Although Westwood Village was taking shape by then, the Fox was on the edge of town and there was nothing but empty land for miles around.
The Fox is still a thriving theater. This image is from July 2021:
One of my back in the day youthfull hijinks hobbies was to try & walk every Westwood Village skyscraper rooftop. For the era, 40+ years ago, think made every one. Included in that list was this theater’s tower…. Phenomal views of the village & unscrewed one of the lightbulbs from the “x” in Fox & remember it was very old; from the ’30s was my guess. Times gone by…
Hey Matt…and now you’ve got me wishing you’d taken your camera long that day you got to the roof of the Fox.